4-H Tidelands Nature Center

Exhibit Area

Visit our Tidelands exhibit area and see animals native to our Georgia coast!

Live animal exhibits include young loggerhead sea turtles, huge crabs, baby alligators, freshwater turtles, tortoises, snakes, marine fish and more!

Click on a Tidelands exhibit area below for pictures and a brief description.

Our main Saltwater Exhibit area features:

Touch tanks with horseshoe crabs, hermit crabs, sea anemones and knobbed whelks.
Aquariums with sea stars, stone crabs, tiny shrimp, huge drumfish and more!
Loggerhead sea turtle tank and nest exhibit.
Seashell and fossil displays identifying beach finds from the island.
Diamondback terrapin tank -- see our only salt-marsh turtle!
Salt marsh display illustrating the roles of many marsh creatures.
Shrimp trawl exhibit including shrimp aquariums, shrimp trawl model with TEDs, and an interactive multimedia kiosk (coming soon).

Our Reptile & Birding Display area features:

Gopher tortoises -- Georgia's State Reptile!
Common Snakes of Georgia
Baby American Alligators
Box, Softshell, Slider, and Snapping Turtles
"Birders' Corner" with local bird sighting news, photos, and an interactive computer kiosk to ID our beautiful coastal birds!

Our Outdoor Exhibit area and annex building features:

Fish Inside and Out exhibit
Manatee model and mural display
Nature trail through the maritime forest
Outdoor gopher tortoise habitat with burrowing and grazing areas
Birding area (a Jekyll Birding Hot Spot) where Painted buntings regularly visit our feeders in season!! Also, look for marsh rabbits, bluebirds, great-crested flycatchers, and chickadees nesting nearby.
Please check out Lydia Thompson’s Birding Blog for more bird info!

Admission Cost for Tidelands exhibit area:

$2.00 per person (Ages 2 and under – no charge. )

Tidelands exhibit area hours:

Monday- Friday: 9:00am- 4:00pm
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00am- 2:00pm

Tidelands Gift (and Ice Cream) Shop

Our Tidelands gift shop is open during regular exhibit hours. Look for your favorite coastal animals among our selection of T-shirts or collection of stuffed animals. Nature books, ID cards, notecards, posters and frozen treats are available as well. We gladly accept cash, personal check, or traveler's cheque - no credit or debit cards.